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For more than 30 years, Cabling Installation & Maintenance has provided useful, practical information to professionals responsible for the specification, design, installation and management of structured cabling systems serving enterprise, data center and other environments. These professionals are challenged to stay informed of constantly evolving standards, system-design and installation approaches, product and system capabilities, technologies, as well as applications that rely on high-performance structured cabling systems. Our editors synthesize these complex issues into multiple information products. This portfolio of information products provides concrete detail that improves the efficiency of day-to-day operations, and equips cabling professionals with the perspective that enables strategic planning for networks’ optimum long-term performance.

Throughout our annual magazine, weekly email newsletters and 24/7/365 website, Cabling Installation & Maintenance digs into the essential topics our audience focuses on.

  • Design, Installation and Testing: We explain the bottom-up design of cabling systems, from case histories of actual projects to solutions for specific problems or aspects of the design process. We also look at specific installations using a case-history approach to highlight challenging problems, solutions and unique features. Additionally, we examine evolving test-and-measurement technologies and techniques designed to address the standards-governed and practical-use performance requirements of cabling systems.
  • Technology: We evaluate product innovations and technology trends as they impact a particular product class through interviews with manufacturers, installers and users, as well as contributed articles from subject-matter experts.
  • Data Center: Cabling Installation & Maintenance takes an in-depth look at design and installation workmanship issues as well as the unique technology being deployed specifically for data centers.
  • Physical Security: Focusing on the areas in which security and IT—and the infrastructure for both—interlock and overlap, we pay specific attention to Internet Protocol’s influence over the development of security applications.
  • Standards: Tracking the activities of North American and international standards-making organizations, we provide updates on specifications that are in-progress, looking forward to how they will affect cabling-system design and installation. We also produce articles explaining the practical aspects of designing and installing cabling systems in accordance with the specifications of established standards.

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3 Software Stocks That Concern Us

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Software is rapidly reducing operating expenses for businesses. The undeniable tailwinds fueling SaaS companies have led to lofty valuation multiples historically, but rich prices also make re-ratings harder and place a ceiling on returns - over the past six months, the industry’s 13.3% gain has lagged the S&P 500 by 4.4 percentage points.

While some can support their premium valuations with superior earnings growth, the odds aren’t great for the businesses we’re analyzing today. Taking that into account, here are three software stocks best left ignored.

LiveRamp (RAMP)

Market Cap: $1.77 billion

Serving as the digital middleman in an increasingly privacy-conscious world, LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP) provides technology that helps companies securely share and connect their customer data with trusted partners while maintaining privacy compliance.

Why Does RAMP Fall Short?

  1. 11.5% annual revenue growth over the last three years was slower than its software peers
  2. Underwhelming ARR growth of 8.9% over the last year suggests the company faced challenges in acquiring and retaining long-term customers
  3. Estimated sales growth of 7.7% for the next 12 months implies demand will slow from its three-year trend

LiveRamp’s stock price of $27.03 implies a valuation ratio of 2.2x forward price-to-sales. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than RAMP.

SoundHound AI (SOUN)

Market Cap: $5.94 billion

Born from the idea that machines should understand human speech as naturally as people do, SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) develops voice recognition and conversational intelligence technology that enables businesses to integrate voice assistants into their products and services.

Why Are We Cautious About SOUN?

  1. Gross margin of 40.5% is way below its competitors, leaving less money to invest in areas like marketing and R&D
  2. Operating margin fell by 43.6 percentage points over the last year as it prioritized growth over profits
  3. Negative free cash flow raises questions about the return timeline for its investments

At $14.55 per share, SoundHound AI trades at 31.2x forward price-to-sales. Check out our free in-depth research report to learn more about why SOUN doesn’t pass our bar.

Integral Ad Science (IAS)

Market Cap: $1.44 billion

Processing over 280 billion digital ad interactions daily through its AI-powered technology, Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ: IAS) provides a cloud-based platform that measures and verifies digital advertising across devices, channels, and formats to ensure ads are viewable, fraud-free, and brand-safe.

Why Are We Wary of IAS?

  1. Sales trends were unexciting over the last three years as its 15.4% annual growth was below the typical software company
  2. Capital intensity will likely ramp up in the next year as its free cash flow margin is expected to contract by 6.7 percentage points

Integral Ad Science is trading at $8.68 per share, or 2.3x forward price-to-sales. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including IAS in your portfolio.

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